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GMB targets five Carillion sites to protest over bullying claims

GMB members are today staging five protests against Carillion over management bullying, harassment and discrimination against workers at a Wiltshire hospital.

More than 100 Goan domestic workers at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital have filed grievances against the company, yet the Carillion denies there is a problem and is dragging its heels in investigating the allegations.

The workers have already taken 15 days strike action and are today demonstrating outside Carillion facilities in Bristol, Wolverhampton, Gateshead and Normaton and Doncaster in Yorkshire.

GMB national officer Justin Bowden said: “The Carillion dispute was suspended to allow the company time to conduct a second investigation in to the serious allegations that have been in the possession of the company for five months now.

“GMB was given to understand that we would be told the outcome of the investigation last week but that deadline has been missed. Carillion is dragging its feet.

“What this shows is that the culture of abusing its own staff is ingrained in Carillion which was found guilty in court of blacklisting its own workers. The HR manager responsible for the blacklisting is the same person dealing with the Swindon hospital contract. It is going to require a public campaign to force Carillion to confront the institutional abuse of its own employees and come to terms with the culture existing within its organisation. These protests are just the start of that campaign.”

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